. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . WILLIAM E. FARRELL. TLEASAXT ^IILLS AXD ;\\(K1DS. primitive Methodists who otiiciatecl in this oldfore it gave place to a larger ami more sightlyPeterson and Simon Ashcroft were three of tlchurch, which was dedicated in 1809 by the ReMethodist The Bible used on that ticrelic and is used by tlie present worshipjicrs. Ithaving been printed in 1808. In these the cJMsiibut few gather in this tem]ilc of wnrship. CMni]iacongregations that gather


. The Daily union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and County . WILLIAM E. FARRELL. TLEASAXT ^IILLS AXD ;\\(K1DS. primitive Methodists who otiiciatecl in this oldfore it gave place to a larger ami more sightlyPeterson and Simon Ashcroft were three of tlchurch, which was dedicated in 1809 by the ReMethodist The Bible used on that ticrelic and is used by tlie present worshipjicrs. Ithaving been printed in 1808. In these the cJMsiibut few gather in this tem]ilc of wnrship. CMni]iacongregations that gathered here tliirix. fMi-t\, I church twenty years or more be-edifice, in 1808. He. Lawrencele trustees who built the present•. Francis Asbury, Americas firstcasion is still kept as a preciousis cif the same age as the day> ,.f the nineteenth century,-ed with the lar-e and fashinnabl,-. Sweetwater was the first name <of what is now the Jackson stream,mill. The first industrv to be estab ■ taken from the Indian nrmeeSdUie waters drive the ]ja])ersaw-mill, which for tiftv \-ears helped to advance civilization at the head of what is now Xesco pond. A cottonfactory followed within the memory of persons still living, and was operated tillit was destroyed by fire. Since 1861 the paper mill has been the main industryof the village. The plant of the Pleasant Mills Paper Company is almost a solitary survivorof the many industries which thrived in the interior of Atlantic County beforethe advent of the locomotive, WhUt other enterprises have struggled and finallyyielded to the changed conditions. Pleasant Mills has steadily flourished andforged ahead, and is to-day one of the leading paper mills of its kind in this


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